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Oddly no. There's a photo in the post where I show a well dusted board, but no shorts were caused by the dust. There was definitely weatherproofing we could hav
by conesus 12y ago
Oddly no. There's a photo in the post where I show a well dusted board, but no shorts were caused by the dust. There was definitely weatherproofing we could have performed on the boards to handle that issue, but I was waiting until it actually became a problem.
It did rain one day, but only during the day when the installation was off. And thank goodness because if the installation was on, not only would we have a pickle of an issue with all of our exposed wiring, but we would have to get to the middle of the playa in the middle of a rainstorm. It's nearly impossible to move when it rains since the dust cakes onto your shoes and eats everything alive.
- ErikRogneby 12y agoI've been there when a dust storm and rain storm were happening at the same time. It gets pretty alien and unreal. Ambitious installation. well done!
- ChrisGammell 12y agoYup, was going to mention conformal coating (keyword is important for the electronics side of things). You can get it in a spray can and it goes on like a lacquer, pretty simple (might need to tape certain parts if they need to be exposed). A good conformal coating can withstand the acrid nature of coal plants, I bet it can also handle the playa (though it seems like things fared pretty well as is). Great project and thanks for the writeup! Hope to see you at future hw meetups in SF! :-)